Sentences with phrase «epidemiological evidence for»

In an accompanying editorial, Anna Alisi, PhD, of the Liver Research Unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy, and Pietro Vajro, MD, of the Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, «Scuola Medica Salernitana,» Unit of Pediatrics, University of Salerno, Baronissi (Sa), Italy, commented, «This elegant observational study by Ayonrinde and colleagues is the first epidemiological evidence for the connection between maternal obesity, breastfeeding, and NAFLD.»

Preventive effects of drinking green tea on cancer and cardiovascular disease: epidemiological evidence for multiple targeting prevention

Not exact matches

There is good microbiological and immunological evidence for the different mechanisms by which breast feeding confers protection against diarrhoea, 5 but few epidemiological studies have measured their relative importance.

Previous research has largely focused on dietary components and which diet would be best to lower the risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes, but so far there is no clear evidence from epidemiological or clinical trial data that a specific diet is optimal for long - term weight - loss or lowering the risk of diabetes.

«Our study suggests that if we had looked at whether or not Zika would be a problem using previous epidemiological evidence, we would not have wasted energy or effort worrying about tourists getting Zika,» said Robert Snyder, the study's lead author and program manager for the Center for Global Public Health.

Until more epidemiological and basic research can be conducted to further parse out the associations between PD, cholesterol and statins, physicians and scientists should be cautious in promoting health benefits of statins for PD without a good understanding of clinical evidence and potential biological mechanisms, Huang advises.

The evidence for cigarette smoke's impact on childhood cancer has been contradictory — some epidemiological studies indicate no added risk, while others show a clear increase for leukemia and lymphomas.

Cell phones and cancer is a case study in the precautionary principle misapplied, because not only is there no epidemiological evidence of a causal connection, but physics shows that it is virtually impossible for cell phones to cause cancer.

«Our findings suggest further investigation into the potential of MC1R - activating agents as novel neuroprotective therapies for PD, and together with epidemiological evidence, may offer information that could guide those carrying MC1R variants to seek advice from dermatologists or neurologists about their personal risk for melanoma and Parkinson's disease,» lead author Xiqun Chen says in a statement.

The WHO's argument rests on epidemiological evidence from industrial and occupational exposure, populations that have been exposed to 10 - 1000 times the concentrations of TCDD compared to the general population.4 While admitting the absence of a strong case for the elevation of any specific cancer, they have compiled four major cohort studies to find a 40 percent increased risk for all cancers combined for «highly exposed» workers, the definition of which differed between studies.

Looking at all the evidence — from epidemiological studies on diet and health, to biochemical studies on the minute mechanisms of disease — the potential health benefits of taking a standard daily multivitamin appear to outweigh the potential risks for most people.

Consistent epidemiological evidence, particularly for depression, suggests an association between measures of diet quality and mental health, across multiple populations and age groups; these do not appear to be explained by other demographic, lifestyle factors or reverse causality.

The epidemiological evidence as well as significant anecdotal evidence has been enough for me to feel confident in my choice.

It's possible, by the way, that differing toxicities among grains could be responsible for epidemiological evidence favoring «whole grains» over «refined grains.»

«This conclusion, which holds equally true for other diseases prevalent in developed societies, such as atherosclerosis [hardening and narrowing of the arteries], is clearly borne out by epidemiological evidence.

It can be hard to draw solid conclusions from nutrition research for one key reason, a heavy reliance on epidemiological evidence.

They reviewed the data in articles from 1977 to the present and concluded, «the main findings of this systematic review and meta - analysis are that the epidemiological evidence currently available to the dietary committees provides no statistically significant retrospective support for the introduction of dietary fat guidelines.»

The insistence on episodic mood changes is crucial and prevents clinicians from rating symptoms such as the chronic concentration problems of a child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as evidence for mania.2 Manic episodes are extremely rare in children and relatively rare in adolescents according to epidemiological studies in the UK and the USA.3

The present work provides macro-scale evidence for how cultural values play an adaptive role in buffering genetically vulnerable populations from a potentially heightened epidemiological prevalence of mental health disorders.